About Diane Szulecki, editor

Editor, American Journal of Nursing

Military Environmental Exposures: Recommended Reading in AJN’s November Issue

The November issue of AJN is now live.

What should nurses know about caring for people who have been exposed to potentially harmful agents—such as air pollutants, chemicals, radiation, warfare agents, and materials containing asbestos and lead—during military service? Read “Military Environmental Exposures” to find out.

Our November CE article, “Recognizing Transfusion-Associated Circulatory Overload,” reviews the most current definitions of this adverse transfusion reaction and outlines its characteristics and management.

“What Health Care Staff Who Experienced Assisted Patient Falls Can Teach Us: Implications for Fall and Fall Injury Risk,” presents qualitative findings from a QI project aimed at improving guidance for staff on the risks of assisting falling patients.

“Nursing Research, Step by Step: Sample Size Planning in Quantitative Nursing Research,” one in a series on clinical research by nurses, describes how to determine an appropriate sample size for a quantitative research project, and introduces the concepts of error, power, and effect size.

In “Optimizing Blood Culture Collection Volumes,” the authors discuss a QI project they conducted to understand the causes of underfilled and overfilled blood cultures obtained by nurses and PCTs and to reduce their incidence.

See also […]

2023-10-26T11:59:45-04:00October 26th, 2023|Nursing|0 Comments

AI and Nursing: Recommended Reading in AJN’s October Issue

The October issue of AJN is now live.

This month’s AJN Reports takes a close look at how artificial intelligence is being used in health care—and why nurses must be involved in its development and implementation.

“Current and Emerging Applications of Fecal Microbiota Transplantation” describes the use of this procedure to treat recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection, nursing management of individuals undergoing it, and its future applications. CE credit is available.

To learn more about the potential oral complications of adjuvant endocrine therapy in breast cancer survivors, the authors of the October Original Research article compared aspects of oral health in those who were taking the therapy with those who were not.

“Activism Is an Essential Nursing Role” discusses the rationale for and roots of political activism in nursing, the values that shape it, and the importance of nursing’s stance on health-related policies.

How can nurses best attend to seriously ill patients’ existential needs? Read “Perspectives on Palliative Nursing: Existential Care in Daily Nursing Practice” for an overview of key priorities.

See also the extensive health care news sections, the Journal Watch and Drug Watch sections, a Specialty Spotlight column highlighting critical […]

Investigating Nurse-Reported Missed Care: Recommended Reading in AJN’s September Issue

The September issue of AJN is now live.

This month features two Original Research articles:

“Exploring the Human Experience in Health Care,” the first article in a new series from health care performance improvement organization Press Ganey, discusses the emerging concept of human-centered care—and how data can be used to help deliver it.

Read “Pneumococcal Vaccination in Adults” to learn about updated pneumococcal vaccine recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which include two new vaccines.

What can nurses do to protect patient safety and provide good care in light of record-high, ongoing national drug shortages? See AJN Reports to find out.

See also the extensive health care news sections, the Journal Watch and Drug Watch sections, a Specialty Spotlight column highlighting the role of […]

2023-08-28T09:13:22-04:00August 28th, 2023|Nursing|0 Comments

Recommended Reading from the August Issue of AJN

The August issue of AJN is now live.

“Nursing Care for Patients After Ostomy Surgery,” a CE feature, details the basics of pre- and postoperative care and patient education for colostomy and ileostomy—two of the most common types of ostomy surgery.

This month’s Original Research article is on nurses’ self-reported QI engagement and competence. Also see “Cultivating Quality: Reducing Tubing and Device Connections” to learn about a nurse-led QI project that explored misconnection prevention strategies.

“Fostering Race-Based Conversations in Nursing,” our latest Focus on DEI column, discusses ways to address racism and promote cultural competence.

AJN Reports examines the unintended consequences of online health care portals, noting that:

Although patient portals are designed to help with the management of personal health information, their proliferation may also be creating barriers to care for some people.

See also the extensive health care news sections, the Journal Watch and Drug Watch sections, a new installment in our series on palliative nursing, and a Reflections essay on how a school nurse compassionately cared for the author when she became pregnant at age 15—and whose kindness inspired the author to eventually become a […]

2023-07-27T10:05:09-04:00July 27th, 2023|Nursing|0 Comments

March Issue: Preventing Functional Decline in Hospitalized Older Adults, Tumor Lysis Syndrome, More

“Nurses do the big things, but I am thankful for all the small things: for bringing peace in the eye of the storm…for providing us coordinates when we felt lost…for making us laugh—for doing the things that we remember, the things that last years later.”—Holly Bills in this month’s Reflections article, “The Little Things Nurses Do”

The March issue of AJN is now live. Here’s what’s new. Some articles may be free only to subscribers.

CE: Tumor Lysis Syndrome: An Oncologic Emergency

What nurses need to know about preventing and treating this serious condition, including recognizing its clinical presentation, identifying at-risk patients, and monitoring and managing symptoms and laboratory values.

Original Research: Impact of a Bedside Activity Device on the Functional Status of Hospitalized Older Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial

This pilot study evaluated the use of a device equipped with exergames—interactive video games that incorporate physical exercise—in preventing functional decline and increasing patients’ independence in basic activities of daily living.

Skin Assessment in Patients with Dark Skin Tone

The authors provide basic information about the assessment of dark skin tone and call for action in academia and professional practice to ensure the performance of effective skin assessments in all patients.

2023-02-27T09:43:34-05:00February 27th, 2023|Nursing|0 Comments
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